Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Quote by H L Mencken

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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of...

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of...

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very...

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.